Job summary
About the Job
Senior School Nurse
£41,511- £44,711 inclusive of high cost area supplement - LBN P03 equivalent to AfC Band 6
A Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification in School Nursing is essential to have for this role.
The Senior School Nurse will be professionally responsible and accountable for the assessment of health needs, planning and evaluation of the School Health Service delivery, for both individuals and groups within a defined school age population. As a qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), you will have lead responsibilities for specific areas of School Health caseload.
The job involves supporting the Specialist Clinical Leads, working in partnership with schools, parents/carers and other agencies to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people.
The School nurse works within the School Health Service, to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
Main duties of the job
- Identifying, supporting, planning, delivering and evaluating health promotion activities in line with the school curriculum and locally agreed priorities.
- Devising appropriate individualised health care plans for the school aged child through continuous development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.
- Contribution to the assessment and review of special education and medical needs.
- Working collaboratively in partnership with children, young people, parents/carers and other agencies, e.g. education, social services, other healthcare workers and the voluntary sector to meet the needs of children and young people.
Please refer to the JD for further information
About us
Newham is an incredibly diverse borough with a very young population and
is experiencing considerable regeneration as part of the Olympic legacy. There
are over 86,000 children and young people in Newham and we want each of them to
have the same life chances as young people in other parts of London.
This Senior School Nurse post is directly employed by the London Borough of Newham,
whom was the first London borough to offer a fully integrated 0-19 health and
social care service, after it assumed direct responsibility for providing
School Nursing services, Health Visiting and Family Nurse Partnership in 2017.
Therefore our Children's and Young People's Services directorate will be delivering the 0-19 Healthy
Child programme through the Childrens Health 0-19 Service.
Newham 0-19 health service have a continual commitment, working
towards improving the lives of Children and Young People in the Borough. Please
see below links for various health education films the service has produced
with the support, and showcasing our Super Star Service users.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQK0nmSpFE0&t=33s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK85GXs3qVo&t=3s
The 0-19 Children's Health service had their CQC inspection in 2021 and
rated Good in all areas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be professionally responsible and accountable for the assessment of health needs, planning and evaluation of the school health service delivery, for both individuals and groups within a defined school age population delegating casework to team members as required. They will work in partnership with schools, parents/carers and other agencies to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people.
As the key health worker, the Senior School Nurse will promote the health and well being of the school-aged child so as to enable each child to reach his/her full potential in line with Newhams inclusive education policy. This will help to minimise effects of social, cultural and racial inequality.
The post holder will be required to develop a leadership role in areas of school nursing practice in line with service requirements and their personal development plan.
Please refer to the JD for further information
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be professionally responsible and accountable for the assessment of health needs, planning and evaluation of the school health service delivery, for both individuals and groups within a defined school age population delegating casework to team members as required. They will work in partnership with schools, parents/carers and other agencies to achieve the best health outcomes for children and young people.
As the key health worker, the Senior School Nurse will promote the health and well being of the school-aged child so as to enable each child to reach his/her full potential in line with Newhams inclusive education policy. This will help to minimise effects of social, cultural and racial inequality.
The post holder will be required to develop a leadership role in areas of school nursing practice in line with service requirements and their personal development plan.
Please refer to the JD for further information
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of school nursing.
- Experience of contributing to team working.
- Experience of planning and carrying out health promotion programmes.
- Experience of delivering training and/or facilitating group sessions.
- Awareness of current developments in school nursing and public health.
- Awareness of education system and current changes as they relate to health and social care.
- Understanding of the need to maintain professional standards and to promote clinical effectiveness.
- An appreciation of the resource constraints on the service and the ability to develop innovative ways to utilise resources available to the best advantage.
- Understanding of how information can be used in planning for and delivering services.
- Knowledge of child protection law and procedures.
- Understanding of the need of children from different ethnic and cultural groups.
Desirable
- Experience of running groups.
- Experience of leading a team.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Evidence of excellent clinical skills- assessment, plan, treatment and evaluation.
- Presentation and teaching skills.
- Evidence of negotiating skills
- Ability to provide training for education staff, parents and children and young people.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload while at the same time adhering to the quality and work standards required by the service.
- Ability to critically examine own working practice and to contribute to the process of continual development of the school health service.
- Ability to use IT and common software packages e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable
- Counselling skills.
- Motivational interviewing skills.
- Willingness to update in the use ICT packages and other software packages e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to provide mental health support at Tier 1 level
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a registered Nurse
- Hold a current NMC registration
- Have a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification - School Nurse
- Have a BSC/ Post graduate degree or equivalent
- Have a ENB 998/997 or recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Mental health/counselling qualification.
- Family planning qualification.
- Auditing and research experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of school nursing.
- Experience of contributing to team working.
- Experience of planning and carrying out health promotion programmes.
- Experience of delivering training and/or facilitating group sessions.
- Awareness of current developments in school nursing and public health.
- Awareness of education system and current changes as they relate to health and social care.
- Understanding of the need to maintain professional standards and to promote clinical effectiveness.
- An appreciation of the resource constraints on the service and the ability to develop innovative ways to utilise resources available to the best advantage.
- Understanding of how information can be used in planning for and delivering services.
- Knowledge of child protection law and procedures.
- Understanding of the need of children from different ethnic and cultural groups.
Desirable
- Experience of running groups.
- Experience of leading a team.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Evidence of excellent clinical skills- assessment, plan, treatment and evaluation.
- Presentation and teaching skills.
- Evidence of negotiating skills
- Ability to provide training for education staff, parents and children and young people.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise own workload while at the same time adhering to the quality and work standards required by the service.
- Ability to critically examine own working practice and to contribute to the process of continual development of the school health service.
- Ability to use IT and common software packages e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.
Desirable
- Counselling skills.
- Motivational interviewing skills.
- Willingness to update in the use ICT packages and other software packages e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to provide mental health support at Tier 1 level
Qualifications
Essential
- Be a registered Nurse
- Hold a current NMC registration
- Have a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse Qualification - School Nurse
- Have a BSC/ Post graduate degree or equivalent
- Have a ENB 998/997 or recognised teaching qualification
Desirable
- Mental health/counselling qualification.
- Family planning qualification.
- Auditing and research experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
